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There's also evidence that we are less susceptible to biases when given hypothetical scenarios in foreign languages. I am considering keeping my todo list in a
by hawkice 12y ago
There's also evidence that we are less susceptible to biases when given hypothetical scenarios in foreign languages. I am considering keeping my todo list in a foreign language, in case that helps me prioritize e.g. sales, where things like loss aversion might stifle it.
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/18/0956797611432178 http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/18/095679761143...
- nrinaudo 12y agoI've tried that, and it does not really work. Turns out I'm just as averse to paperwork in English as I am in French. It can also have a significant downside: I've tried maintaining a todo list in a language that I'm not very good at, only to realise that looking up highly specific vocabulary was such a chore that after a while, I'd unconsciously skip writing some entries that looked too complicated to translate. Have a go, it might work out better for you, but this particular experiment was a failure as far as I'm concerned.